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Mittwoch, 4. März 2015

Sweden: Vaxholm Apartment/Schweden: Vaxholm Unterkunft

One of the areas in
Sweden that I just HAD to visit was the archipelago at the east coast
of Sweden. Inspired by my all time favorite Astrid Lindgren book, „Seacrow Island“
I just knew that these islands are beautiful and special. The
archipelago consists of more than 24000 islands ranging in size from
just tiny rocks that reach over the sea level up to islands that are
several km long and wide. Planning the week at the archipelago turned
out to be relatively difficult. We travelled only with public
transportation and thus, the island had to be easily accessible.
Plus, we needed a grocery store as we couldn't carry much with us
(two kids and our luggage was already more than enough).

Unfortunately, these
conditions ruled out most of the smaller and harder to reach islands.
A look at the costs for appartments or little cottages left us with
even less possiblities. At the end, we decided (I say we, but
basically I did all the planning) to go to Vaxholm. This little town
is actually on a peninsula. It's about an hour by ship or bus to
Stockholm and almost all the ships to the islands on the archipelago
start from there. We considered it a good base for exploring the
archipelago. Plus, I had found this charming looking place, Villa Paradis, that was
also affordable.

I can't even begin
to tell you how much we loved this place. This place
is basically two little huts (that are connected) in the frontyard of
the owner's house. The owner is super nice and she has such a
good eye for deocration. These cottages were so cozy and nice! They
were a bit small for us four. With the two kids running around it was
always quite chaotic, but as the weather was nice, we were able to
eat outside and really had an amazing time at this place. I really
recommend it! Would be perfect for some days off, just you and your
partner. It's really a romantic place!